Quality improvement of diabetes care using flow sheets in family health practice

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 98-101

  Moharram, Maha M ^a   Farahat, Fayssal M ^a  

^a AL HADA ARMED FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FOOT CARE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROALBUMINURIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RETINOSCOPY; SAUDI ARABIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INTERVENTION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARD;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DOCUMENTATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 40949114221     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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